After the best Wednesday ever for an animated film, 'Moana 2' is blasting towards a $200 million-plus Thanksgiving opening

The animated family film opens everywhere on Wednesday, joining 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator II' on the holiday marquee.

Moana 2” set sail at the box office with $13.8 million in preview screenings on Tuesday, ranking as the biggest preview haul in history for Disney Animation. It’s also the biggest pre-Thanksgiving preview bounty and the second-best preview figure of all time for an animated title.

At the end of Moana 2, Moana, Maui and her crew successfully find the island of Motufetu, thus connecting their people once more. But it’s not without a ton of peril and danger. While they are trying to raise the island back up,

But his fellow songwriters Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa’i did come back to create new music for Moana 2. Most of the main cast members also returned, including Auliʻi Cravalho as Moana, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Maui,

She's a girl who loves her island, she's a girl who loves the sea, and she is back in "Moana 2," eight years after the original film hit theaters. This time around, Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) is a little bit older and a lot more experienced,

Moana 2 marks a new record for Disney, making $13.8 million in Tuesday previews, the biggest preview number ever for a film from Walt Disney Animation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, in addition to breaking Disney's record in previews,